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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

challengeable en · ADJ

Etymology

From Middle English chalengeable; equivalent to challenge + -able.

Meanings

  1. Able to be challenged or disputed.
    • It follows, Justice Ginsburg wrote, that “if a defendant is tried before a qualified jury composed of individuals not challengeable for cause, the loss of a peremptory challenge due to a state court’s good-faith error is not a matter of federal constitutional concern.” 2009 April 1, Adam Liptak, “Justices Limit the Reach of Apology to Hawaiians”, in New York Times:

Forms

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more challengeable Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most challengeable Degree=Sup lexicographic
challengable alternative lexicographic

Deriveds

unchallengeable